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Published October 13, 2020 | Version v1
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Data Repository Selection: Criteria That Matter

Creators

  • 1. FAIRsharing, Oxford e-Research Centre, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QG, UK
  • 2. DataCite, Welfengarten 1b, 30167 Hannover, Germany.
  • 3. Taylor & Francis, Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RN, UK.
  • 4. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, Westbrook Centre, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1YG, UK.
  • 5. Elsevier, Radarweg 29, 1043NX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • 6. F1000 Research Ltd, Maple House, 147 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF.
  • 7. GigaScience, BGI Hong Kong Tech Co Ltd., 26F A Kings Wing Plaza, 1 On Kwan St, Shek Mun, N.T., Hong Kong, China.
  • 8. Protocols.io
  • 9. Wiley, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK.
  • 10. PLOS (Public Library of Science), Carlyle House, Carlyle Road, Cambridge CB4 3DN, UK
  • 11. Springer Nature, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, UK.
  • 12. Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, UK.
  • 13. EMBO Press, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 14. Hindawi Ltd, 1 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 5HF, UK.
  • 15. Cambridge University Press, Shaftesbury Rd, Cambridge, CB2 8BS, UK.
  • 16. FAIRsharing, Oxford e-Research Centre, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QG, UK.

Description

Representatives from journals, journal publishers and scholarly communication organisations have come together in the FAIRsharing Community to propose a set of criteria for the identification and selection of those data repositories that accept research data submissions. These repositories can be recommended to researchers when they are preparing to release and publish the data underlying their findings. This work intends to (i) reduce complexity and inconsistencies for researchers in journal data policies, (ii) increase efficiency for data repositories that currently have to work with all individual publishers, and (iii) simplify the process of recommending data repositories by publishers. This work will make the implementation of research data policies more efficient and consistent, which may help to improve approaches to data sharing through the promotion and the use of reliable and sustainable data repositories.

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